Gaillardia aristata

Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 573. 1813.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 424. Mentioned on page 422, 425.
Revision as of 20:32, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Perennials (sometimes flowering first year), 20–80 cm. Leaves basal and cauline or cauline; petiolar bases 5–15 cm; blades oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5–15 cm × 5–30(–40) mm, margins raggedly pinnately lobed to toothed or entire, faces scabrellous and/or sparsely to densely villous (hairs jointed). Peduncles (5–)20–35+ cm. Phyllaries 24–40+ ovate to lance-attenuate, 10–15+ mm, ciliate with jointed hairs (also strigose and gland-dotted). Receptacular setae 2–6 mm. Ray florets (6–)12–18+; corollas yellow or yellow/purple, rarely tubular and 5-lobed, usually distally laminate and 3-lobed, 15–35+ mm. Disc florets 60–120+; corollas usually purple or purple-tipped, sometimes yellow, tubes 0.5–1.5 mm, throats cylindric to urceolate, 4.5–5.5 mm, lobes lance-ovate to triangular-attenuate, 1–2 mm, jointed hairs 0.3+ mm. Cypselae clavate (outer) to obpyramidal (inner), 2.5–6 mm, hairs 1.5–2.5 mm, inserted at bases; pappi of 8 ovate to lanceolate, aristate scales 5–6 mm (scarious bases 1.5–3 × 0.4–1.5 mm). 2n = 34, 68.


Phenology: Flowering May–Sep.
Habitat: Open places, usually among aspens or pines, or with sagebrush, often dry, sandy benches or bars
Elevation: 200–2900 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Sask., Yukon, Colo., Conn., Idaho, Mass., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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John L. Strother +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Mass. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
200–2900 m +
Open places, usually among aspens or pines, or with sagebrush, often dry, sandy benches or bars +
Flowering May–Sep. +
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
Compositae +
Gaillardia aristata +
Gaillardia +
species +